Chapter 79 Section 2304

79-2304.

(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to
appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars from the General Fund for
fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15, and any amount determined by the Legislature
for any fiscal year thereafter, to the State Department of Education. Such
funds shall be used by the department to provide assistance to institutions
that offer high school equivalency programs. Assistance shall be provided
based on participation in an institution's high school equivalency program
as follows:

(a) Each such institution
shall receive one assistance payment for each participant who enrolled in
its high school equivalency program in the most recently completed fiscal
year;

(b) Each such institution
shall receive one assistance payment for each enrolled participant who took
an initial examination for a diploma of high school equivalency in the most
recently completed fiscal year; and

(c) Each such institution
shall receive one assistance payment for each participant not enrolled in
the institution's high school equivalency program who took the examination
for a diploma of high school equivalency in the most recently completed fiscal
year.

(2) An institution
shall receive no additional assistance for any participant who failed his
or her initial examination for a diploma of high school equivalency and requires
additional training and testing.